Provide business level insight to all management levels of the technical challenges and business level implications of GD&T and measurement. Provide direct insight to the implications effective GD&T has on improving product development cycles and customer/supplier relationships. Establish a core foundational understanding of the scope of GD&T applicability to all departments/divisions within area the company.

Course Length

4-hours

Meeting Content

Current Global Industrial Problems

Incorrect Perceptions of Linear Tolerancing and Negative Impact to Product Development Cycles

Incorrect Perceptions of Technical Competencies of Mechanical Engineers and Engineers of other Disciplines

All managers and executives with direct or indirect responsibility for product development, manufacturing, quality, customer interaction or supply chain management!

Motivation & Historical Challenges

Most managers at all levels have lacked a core understanding of the business implications these subjects have on product development timelines, product reliability/risk and supplier/customer interactions. The incorrect assumption by most managers is that all of their applicable employees have the necessary skill sets to adequately perform their job tasks at an adequate level. The key question to all managers should be “where and how would their employees have acquired these fundamental skill sets?” GD&T and measurement are not subjects taught at most universities and colleges and are not focus subjects in mechanical engineering (ME) programs. At best the ME is barely introduced to GD&T and even less on measurement. If the ME is not getting adequately trained in these areas then where and how are the remaining disciplines being adequately trained (technicians, tool makers, drafters, designers, quality, statisticians, etc)?